Identifying hotspots for ecosystem restoration across heterogeneous tropical savannah-dominated regions

• Published in: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences Vol. 378; no. 1867; p. 20210075
• Main Authors: Lewis, Kennedy, Barros, Fernanda de V., Moonlight, Peter W., Hill, Timothy C., Oliveira, Rafael S., Schmidt, Isabel B., Sampaio, Alexandre B., Pennington, R. Toby, Rowland, Lucy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England The Royal Society 02.01.2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Carbon Sequestration; Ecosystem; Forests; Grassland; Part II: Restoration Planning and Evaluation; savannah regions; biomass; biodiversity; landscape connectivity; Brazilian Cerrado; restoration

There is high potential for ecosystem restoration across tropical savannah-dominated regions, but the benefits that could be gained from this restoration are rarely assessed. This study focuses on the Brazilian Cerrado, a highly species-rich savannah-dominated region, as an exemplar to review potent...